Behavioral geography

Behavioral geography draws from early behaviorist works such as Tolman's concepts of "cognitive maps".

More behaviorally oriented geographers are materialists and look at the role of basic learning processes and how they influence the landscape patterns or even group identity.

The approach adopted in behavioral geography is closely related to that of psychology, but draws on research findings from a multitude of other disciplines including economics, sociology, anthropology, transportation planning, and many others.

Nature is the world which surrounds us, including all life (plants, animals, organisms, humans, etc.)

It is also related to postmodernism[11] and the concept of the Anthropocene,[12] that views humans as a force that is redirecting the geological history of Earth,[7] destroying nature.

[14] Science occurs at many dimensions and scales that do not consider culture, but can be motivated by politics, economics and ethics.

[15] Relativism is important in the social construction of nature, as all truths are relative to the perspective they are coming from.

[11] Nature can be socially constructed by both culturally interpreting and physically shaping the environment.

[17] This can happen in three ways: Constructions can also be categorized by giving them meaning through the process of embodiment,[5] which has three components: No matter how nature becomes socially constructed, though, the process itself is limited by three dimensions: The physical dimension is limited to the human body, where the brain is responsible for creating and selecting thoughts.